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Hippocampus-Sparing Whole-Brain Radiotherapy: Dosimetric Comparison Between Non-Coplanar and Coplanar Planning 11 Original Article Page 1 of 11 Hippocampus-sparing whole-brain radiotherapy: dosimetric comparison between non-coplanar and coplanar planning Li-Jhen Chen1, Ming-Hsien Li1,2, Hao-Wen Cheng1,3, Chun-Yuan Kuo1,3, Wei-Lun Sun1, Jo-Ting Tsai1,2 1Department of Radiation Oncology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 2Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 3School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan Contributions: (I) Conception and design: LJ Chen, MH Li; (II) Administrative support: JT Tsai; (III) Provision of study material or patients: JT Tsai, MH Li; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: LJ Chen, CY Kuo, HW Cheng, WL Sun; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: LJ Chen, CY Kuo, HW Cheng; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. Correspondence to: Jo-Ting Tsai, MD, PhD. Department of Radiation Oncology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, No. 291, Zhongzheng Rd., Zhonghe Dist., New Taipei City 235, Taiwan. Email: [email protected]. Background: To compare non-coplanar and coplanar volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for hippocampal avoidance during whole-brain radiotherapy (HA-WBRT) using the Elekta Synergy and Pinnacle treatment planning system (TPS) according to the suggested criteria of the radiation therapy oncology group (RTOG) 0933 trial. Methods: Nine patients who underwent WBRT were selected for this retrospective study. The hippocampus was contoured, and the hippocampal avoidance regions were created using a 5-mm volumetric expansion around the hippocampus for each patient. Non-coplanar and coplanar VMAT plans were generated for each patient. All treatment plans were generated for a prescribed dose (PD) of 30 Gy in 10 fractions. Results: The average volumes of the hippocampus and hippocampal avoidance region were 2.8±0.38 and 3 27±2.48 cm , respectively. For coplanar and non-coplanar VMAT plans, the average D100% of the hippocampus was 8.60 Gy (range, 8.30–8.80 Gy) and 8.56 Gy (range, 8.30–8.90 Gy), respectively, and the average Dmax of the hippocampus was 15.29 Gy (range, 14.35–15.92 Gy) and 14.99 Gy (range, 13.80–15.83 Gy), respectively. The non-coplanar VMAT plans showed a significantly lower average maxD of the lens (4.23 Gy) than did the coplanar VMAT plans (4.77 Gy). The average gamma passing rate for non-coplanar and coplanar VMAT quality assurance (QA) with criteria of 3%/3 mm were 95.4%±2.6% and 95.6%±1.6%, indicating good agreement between the calculated plan dose and the measured dose. Conclusions: We showed that the suggested criteria of the RTOG 0933 trial for the hippocampal dose can be achieved in both coplanar and non-planar VMAT plans. We performed VMAT QA for each treatment plan to verify the clinical feasibility. Keywords: Hippocampus; RTOG 0933; radiation therapy; volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT); whole brain Received: 10 July 2020; Accepted: 25 January 2021; Published: 30 March 2021. doi: 10.21037/tro-20-50 View this article at: http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tro-20-50 Introduction patients and 4–6 months in treated patients (2). Many cancer patients will eventually develop brain metastases, and Brain metastases are the most common intracranial tumors the standard therapeutic approaches for patients with brain in adults and occur in 10–30% of cancer patients (1). The metastasis include surgery and radiotherapy. Whole-brain prognosis of patients with brain metastases is generally radiotherapy (WBRT) has been implemented in clinical poor, with a median survival time of one month in untreated practice for decades. In general, patients with oligo-brain © Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. All rights reserved. Ther Radiol Oncol 2021;5:1 | http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tro-20-50 Page 2 of 11 Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2021 metastasis undergo surgical resection, chemotherapy and the treatment (14). Therefore, the purpose of this study is stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone or SRS combined with to compare the non-coplanar and coplanar VMAT for HA- WBRT (3). For patients with multiple brain metastases, WBRT using the Elekta Synergy (Elekta AB) and Pinnacle WBRT is a commonly used treatment modality; however, (Philips Medical System, Fitchburg, WI, USA) TPS SRS seems to be a new standard option (4). according to the suggested criteria of the RTOG 0933 trial. WBRT plays an important role in tumor control for We also performed VMAT quality assurance (QA) for each patients with multiple brain tumors and thus lower the treatment plan to evaluate the feasibility of HA-WBRT subsequent neurological death. WBRT is also used in with different VMAT techniques. prophylactic cranial irradiation for patients with small We present the following article in accordance with cell lung carcinoma (5-7). Although WBRT was proven the MDAR reporting checklist (available at http://dx.doi. to be effective in eliminating brain tumors, damage to org/10.21037/tro-20-50). normal brain tissue is inevitable, and several complications have been observed following treatment that decreases Methods the quality of life of patients (8). Previous studies showed that poor neurocognitive function may occur months Patient selection and delineation after radiotherapy due to radiation-induced hippocampal damage. The radiation-induced hippocampal damage causes The study was approved by the Taipei Medical University a decline in neurocognitive function, including deficiencies Joint Institutional Review Board, and the IRB number in learning, memory and spatial management, which can be is TMU-JIRB No. N201711047. Nine patients with observed in patients. The clinical symptoms of radiation- brain metastases outside 5 mm of the hippocampus who induced hippocampal damage include memory loss, lack of underwent WBRT were selected for this retrospective concentration, and emotional disorders (9,10). study. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic The findings of radiation therapy oncology group resonance (MR) images were used for each patient to (RTOG) 0933 trial suggest that hippocampal avoidance delineate the hippocampus, hippocampal avoidance regions during WBRT (HA-WBRT) could reduce radiation- (defined as the hippocampus with an expansion of 5-mm induced neurocognitive toxicities (11). The purpose of HA- margin) according to the RTOG 0933 trial, optic nerves, WBRT is to generate hippocampal avoidance regions while optic chiasm, and lens. CT images (3 mm slice thickness) allowing the sufficient prescribed dose (PD) to cover the for treatment planning were generated using a Phillips remainder of the brain. HA-WBRT can significantly reduce 16 slice CT scanner (Brilliance CT Big Bore). All 6-MV 3 the hippocampal dose. Although the risk of developing VMAT plans were optimized with Pinnacle Version 14 subsequent brain metastasis after HA-WBRT is unknown, for Elekta Synergy with 40 multileaf collimator (MLC) leaf Ghia et al. (12) reported that of 272 cases with brain pairs (MLCi) of 1 cm leaf width at isocenter. metastases, the incidence of metastases within 5 mm of the The study was conducted in accordance with the perihippocampal region was low (3.3%). Thus, their results Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in 2013). The study indicated that a 5-mm margin around the hippocampus was approved by the Taipei Medical University Joint for HA-WBRT was an acceptable risk. With advances in Institutional Review Board (TMU-JIRB No. N201711047), radiotherapy, several reports have discussed the application and informed consent was taken from all the patients. of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for HA-WBRT Planning technique and attempted to minimize WBRT-induced neurocognitive toxicities. Nevelsky et al. (13) evaluated the feasibility of According to the RTOG 0933 trial, the clinical target the RTOG 0933 trial using the Elekta Infinity (Elekta AB, volume (CTV) was defined as the whole brain parenchyma Stockholm, Sweden) equipped with Monaco 3.1 (Elekta AB, to C1, and the planning treatment volume (PTV) was Stockholm, Sweden) treatment planning system (TPS) to defined as the CTV excluding the hippocampal avoidance perform IMRT with seven coplanar plus two non-coplanar regions in this study. A total dose of 30 Gy in 10 fractions beams. VMAT, with continuous gantry rotation and leaf was prescribed to the PTV. All plans in this study aimed to motion with a varying dose rate, can increase treatment cover at least 90% of the PTV by the PD. The following efficiency and reduce the amount of patient motion during dose constraints, which are summarized in Table 1, were © Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. All rights reserved. Ther Radiol Oncol 2021;5:1 | http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tro-20-50 Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2021 Page 3 of 11 Table 1 RTOG 0933 compliance criteria and critical structure including one partial arc (PA) with a collimator angle of 45° constraint and couch angle of 70° and four FAs (clockwise for two FAs Variation Deviation Parameter Per protocol and counterclockwise for two FAs), were used (Table 2). acceptable unacceptable PTV D2% ≤37.5 Gy D2% >37.5 Gy, V30Gy <90% Plan evaluation ≤40 Gy D98% ≥25 Gy D98% <25 Gy D2% >40 Gy For the organs at risk (OARs) and PTV, the following parameters were evaluated: PTV D2%, PTV D98%, D100% Hippocampus D100% ≤9 Gy D100% ≤10 Gy D100% >10 Gy and Dmax of the hippocampus, and Dmax of the optic chiasm Dmax ≤16 Gy Dmax ≤17 Gy Dmax >17 Gy and lens. The dosimetric parameters, including PTV V100 D2%, maximum dose to 2% volume, D98%, minimum dose to 98% (PTV VX is the percent volume of PTV covered by X% of 100% max volume; D , dose to 100% volume; D , maximum dose; the PD), PTV V95, homogeneity index (HI) and conformity V30Gy, percent volume covered by 30 Gy. index (CI) for the PTV, were evaluated.
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